Life-centered design related resources
Life Centered Design.Net is a curated directory of resources to help us design more responsible, sustainable, ethical and all in all more meaningful products, systems, and services.

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Unhurried Design
Unhurried Design according to one of its creators Jordan Soliday is "[...] a creative problem-learning-and-solving process to help make humans and what they create more sociable and sustainable".Design - Tool
UX of AI
A Website with currently 16 principles (including sources and tips) for creating AI solutions with a positive User Experience (UX) in mind.Design - Article
Wellbeing Adjusted Life Years
- Michael Birkjær, Micah Kaats, Alejandro Rubio
- 2020
Economics - Social Media Profile
Local Futures
- localfutures_
Sociology - Article
7 Opportunities for a Shift Towards Life-centered Design
- Katharina Clasen
- 3/13/2023
- 40:00 min
Design - Tool
IBM Design for sustainability
IBM Design's approach to designing for sustainability, including a guide with explanations, principles, and a checklist.Design - Podcast Episode
Sustainable Design in UX with Thorsten Jonas
- Future of UX
- Thorsten Jonas
- 3/16/2023
- 52:55 min
Design - Thoughtleader
Thorsten Jonas
- Sustainable UX & Innovation Consultant, Speaker
Design - Tool
Adaptive Strategy for Circular Design
A multi-step guide with examples and How-to explanations - Tool
Triple Layered Business Model Canvas
An evolution of the Business Model Canvas that adds two more layers: A social and environmental one to ensure that business models create multiple forms of value.Strategy - All Resources

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LifeCenteredDesign.Net is a curated directory of resources around Life-centered Design and related fields. Its purpose is to help us become more life-centred in our thinking and finally also in our doing while designing products, services, and systems.
Life-centered Design is an emerging design philosophy, that goes beyond short-term human needs and focuses on all life while recognizing, that we all live in a larger codependent system. -- Katharina Clasen
Since Life-centered Design is an evolving field, information about it is still rather scarce. This was especially the case when I first heard about it in 2019. Back then I immediately fell in love with this design thinking and so the decision to create a hub for information to contribute to the “common learning curve” was made quite easily.
And now it is finally here and with other projects like the Life-centered Design Collective, I really hope I can help spread the word about Life-centered Design and also help evolve its principles and philosophy.
So feel free to dive into the resources around Life-centered Design and all the related fields and topics! And if you want to get all the new links delivered to your inbox once a month, please sign up for the Newsletter here.
💚 Katha

Katharina Clasen
Idea, concept, design & contentUX Designer (self-employed), Lecturer (Stuttgart Media University)

Timo Clasen
DevelopmentFrontend Engineer (Steuerbot)